The Sun. — London, England, 1836-06-02 00:00:00

PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 31. 3 per Cent. Consols Ol% Grand Canal Deb.. Il per cent. 8.(34. 0 Ditto reduced Ditto, 4 per cent 34 per Cent. Stock 9B Hibernian Bank Ditto New, lni 99% !City of Dublin Steam Co 3%; per Cent. Debentures 9IN National Insurance Co - Bank Stock - City Debentures, 4 per cent... - Royal Canal Stock 33y, Ballast Office Debentures, 4 Grand Canal Stock --; Der cent. - HAMBURG, Mir 27, 1836. ( - I N the EVE of a RISE in PRICE and on AP PROACH of WEDNESDAY. 22.1 JUNE, the First Day of Drawing of the 68th HAMBURGH GREAT LOTTERY, HEINE BROTHERS, the CONTRACTORS, request those, desirous to purchase at the first Price, to • LOSE NO TRIE in ordering by one of the Mails reaching this before 15th JUNE. To those, whose remittances of £lO, £2O, or £3O, reach them before 15th June, HEINE BROTHERS will on executing the order return £2, £4, or £6, (viz. Two Pounds on each Ten Pound Note) by return of Post. Orders for more than Three Tickets must be declined, there not being Tickets enough remain ing unsold to allow them to attend to orders of greater extent. Orders for less than a whole Ticket will also not be attended to. DIRECT to HEINE BROTHERS in HAMBURG. - The publication of THE Sus NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 20 minutes past Three o' Clock. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bulk Stock 3 per Cent Red. 0 0% I Ditto Bonds 1 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons..., ..22 1% 2 IV4 Sauth Sea Stock - 3t per Cent oB,oi, Old Annuities - Ditto Red. " 8 % % % New Ditto 89% New :IX, rcr Cent 100%%%1 •3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... - New '1 per Cent I Exch. Dills, .C 1, 1 ,00 ... ... 12 14 pm. Bank LongAnnuitiesto expire I Ditto SW l2 14 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 ......... ......13N 11-16 j Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1850 l5 9-16 !Ditto Commercial pm. Jan 5. 1560 - I Ditto Advertised ll 13 pva Jan. 5, 1880 ' Bank Stock for Account - April 5, ISRO - India Stack for Account - Jan. 5, 1870 !Consols for Account Omnium pm. ! PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS , Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (Peruvian Bonds ~. Ditto Account — Ditto Account. Brazilian Bonds ..-.... ........ ... Ditto AccomA — Ditto Account — Ditto New Bonds .............62 -2 Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account BA Ditto Account .......... ........ ( Ditto, .1 per cent LS% , ta Chillian Bonds Prussian Bonds — Ditto Account —lRussian Bonds, 182.2. — Columb;an Bonds — , Ditto Account — Ditto Account — 1 Ditto Metallic — Columbian Bonds, lEk24 (Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account NTN i Ditto Account — Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 — ---- 4 per cent —1 —c. Ditto Account — ---- 1 per cent. —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent —-- Exchange —f. —e Ditto Account ' 'Dutch, 24 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent Ditto Account ............ ...... Ditto, 5 per cent 16134 Neapolitan — Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties Railway I 14% , Great Western Railway Company 2O 46 5 1 %. Hull and Selby Railway Company 5 7 1 / 2 ii Brighton Railway Company Brighton (Rennie's) London and Southampton Railway Company f..'o lh London Grand Junction Railway 2 31 Northern and Eastern Railway Company ..» 3 4 North Midland Railway Company 5 13 1 South Durham Railway Company 214 23G , N, South Eastern Railway Company 2 7 6 south Midland Railway Company 1 1 South Western Railway Company 1 0% Westminster and Deptford Railway Company British North Americ a n B an k British American Land Company l3 1014 Arrived. Due 0 America Brazil. 0 BaennsAyres 0 I) Carthageni.. 0 Dublin... 1 Flanders 0 MAILS. A rrived. - - Due. , Arrived. Due 1 1 France 0 0 Lisbon 0 (1 Guerii.ftJerscy 0 0 Malta 1 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 Holland 0 Jamaica n 0 Sweden 1 1 Leeward islands 1 1 Waterford 0 MGR WATER Al' LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. M ,ramp' 55 minutes after 4. I Evening......2o minutes after 5. RAMSGATE WATER-WORKS COMPANY. The Directors being most anxious to make known to the Friends and Patrons of Ramsgate the satisfactory completion of their un dertaking, assure the public and those persons who have hitherto been prevented from visiting it by reason of the bad quality of the Water, they are now enabled to supply the town with an abundance of pure delicious Spring Water, from their Works at St. Law rence. Particulars may be obtained of Mr. Sackett, Marine Library, Sion-hill, Cl?rk to the Company. TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE SOUTHERN DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX. GENTLEMEN, ENCOURAGED by a numerous body of Elec- A tors, to become a Candidate for the honour of representing you in Parliament, to supply the ♦acancy caused by the lamented death of your late highly respected Member, Mr. Hall Dare, I venture to declare my acceptance of so flattering an invitation. I come forward only in the absence of some more worthy Candi date, for the sole purpose of affording an opportunity to the con stituency of declaring those sentiments which animate the ma jority of the electors, and upon which I confidently rely for our ultimate success. An equitable commutation of tithes, ecclesiastical and municipal reforms, and a removal of those disabilities which still press upon the Dissenters, shall have my most strenuous support. In pursuit of these objects I shall be guided by principles of equal justice in endeavouring to secure for the nation peace, economy, and useful re forms, and for individuals the inviolability of private property. My opinions are known to be favourable to the support of the Church of England, in so far as that institution shall be rendered and maintained an efficient means of supporting the Christian Re li,rion in this land. In regard to agriculture , my property and my connections are hound up in its interests ; my habits, both of study and of action, have been much directed to its welfare ; and it i> for you, and not for myself, to estimate the value of my opinions in connection therewith, as they are well known to a large portion of the Constituency. The short period which must elapse between this time and the day of nomination must prevent ray waiting personally upon every elector ; but I hope to be able to present myself in every district of the division to state more fully my opinions. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient humble servant. Tlpminstcr Hall, IlTay 26, 1536. C. E. BRANFILL. THE COMMITTEE, for securing the Return of of Mr. BRANFILL, SIT DAILY at the BULL INN, ALDGATE. Sir T. B. LENNARD, Dart., Chairman. The Polling co:nmenct-s on DAY, the 6th instant.; Convey ances, and every information, may hr had at the Bull, Ahlgate. ..C• .4 , ...,. , . ... . s .—; . r>.. rkr ---,V)==. ; ;-.. -r-4.''''''-`,.. ,t;, -, . ...":4*.N ;___A;;:3*A : _Sr, _ ,P-' . ~.- 1 . 52 " „..1.. - •,,,,-•.,`;-' , r, --....k., :, i ____-, , ----z— , —L.4_ , -z5........,,,,,,,,,.... , --,.......;,,,.. -,:4-I,:z-c, t, `'* . ),1,; LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1836. Had Lord STANLEY'S motive in bringing forward his motion last night really been what he professed it to be, a sincere and disinterested desire to settle the Irish Tithe question, he would assuredly have taken a different course from that which he pursued, and have framed his plan on different principles from those which he laid down in his speech. He would either have introduced a Bill embody ing his views before the day fixed for the second reading of the Government measure, or he would have waited the result of that reading, and have introduced it afterwards. In either case he would have experienced no opposition from his MAJESTY'S Ministers. But this straight-for ward, bona fide mode of proceeding, did not suit Lord STANLEY'S purpose. It would have occasioned no embarrassment to the Government, and might perhaps not have reflected upon the Noble Lord so much of that noto riety which he clearly loves, but of which he has of late enjoyed but a small portion. To an ambitious mind, par ticularly if that mind be of a small calibre, it is worse than purgatory to be shelved. A man who looks for considera tion from the public must keep himself before the public eye. If he is in Parliament he must not content himself with taking part in the ordinary routine business of the House—he must now and then make a dash, or he will be set down as a person of perhaps decent mediocrity, but of whom nothing great is to be expected. To answer the ends which Lord STANLEY had in view, it was necessary that his Bill should be a party measure ; and to give it the more eclat, hp proposes to introduce it as an amendment upon the second reading of a Bill, the great principle of which, though repeatedly declared by the House of Com mons to be essential to the satisfactory settlement of the question, it entirely scouts. To say that Lord STANLEY has any hope that his motion will meet with the concurrence of the House, would be to rate his understanding lower than even we are disposed to do. He knows well its fate ; but he seizes the opportunity of making a long speech --which is also an exceedingly dull one. The subject, it must be confessed, does not afford much room for brilliancy; and Lord STANLEY was evidently not in a sp ar kli ng ve i n l ast n i g ht. N o t a s i ng le original thought can we detect in the speech from beginning to end. It consists wholly of the matter of former discussions, hashed up without the usual quantity of that smart seasoning which the Noble Lord is in the habit of mingling with his dishes. He exerted all his power to shew that there could be no surplus, after the Irish Clergy were sufficiently provided for ; but he fixed the number of the Cl ergy an d t h e amount of the i r in comes as it suited him, without once considering that it is the duty of the House of Commons to look to the interests of the 7,000,000 of Catholics, whose consciences revolt from the support of a religious system from t h e d octr i nes o f wh i ch they differ, and which it is attempted t o bi n d upon t h e i r necks, for the benefit of an insignificant minority of the people of Ireland. We observe by the notices of motions given in the House of Commons on Tuesday last, that Sir CHARLES KNIGHTLEY i 5 to appear in the debate upon the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER'S Stamp Duty Reduction Bill, which goes into Committee to-morrow, as the champion of the " great unwashed." We wish the Hon. Baronet all imaginable joy of this self-assumed accession to his many other claims to a scrofulous popularity. But as his object is to render it impossible for the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to take off the Duty on News papers, by diverting the surplus of the revenue to the relief of the soap manufacturers—we trust that in the debate, he will take no unfair advantage of us by an undue exhibition of foul linen. We protest against any at tempt on the part of the Hon. Baronet to enlist the sympa thies of the House, on the side of more frequent wash-tub immersions, by appeals to the feelings or the experience of any Hon. Gentleman. All we desire is that the question may be fairly stated, and we are confident that complete success will crown the labours of the advocates for untaxed knowledge. But to speak more seriously, the conduct of Sir CHARLES KNIGHTLEY on the question of Stamp Duties, has been shuffling, contemptible, and inconsistent through out. When he before gave notice that he intended moving, as an amendment upon the clause in the Bill for reducing the duty on Newspapers, a clause substi tuting the reduction of the Excise duty on Soap, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER-with that fairness and candour which have marked every stage in his official ca reer—offered him an opportunity of bringing forward his motion in a substantive form, and so resting the question of reduction upon its own merits. This offer the Honourable Baronet has chosen to de cline ; and, after withdrawing his former motion, he now comes forward to renew it in an altered guise, with no other view in the world than that of embarrassing the Government. He knows.right well that his motion will be rejected, and he knows too that if carried it would confer no benefit whatever upon his pet client—the agricul tural interest. The agriculturists trouble their heads— about as much as the sweeps do their faces—with soap ; and the advantage of the reduction, such as it would be, would accrue entirely to the commercialists. Not so the reduction of the Newspaper Stamp Duty. This reduction would extend its moral influence to all parties— to the inhabitants of town and country. Nor is it now in the power of the Legislature to uphold the infamous taxes on knowledge. The reduction of the Newspaper Stamp Duty is no longer merely optional with the House of Com mons ; and those who would persuade that House to sub stitute any other tax for an impost so odious, as more op pressive, can have no other object in view than the disso lution of the Cabinet. Mr. CLAY was on Tuesday evening under the necessity of postponing his motion till Friday, for referring the Peti tion of the Shipping Class of Danish Claimants to a Select Committee, owing to the very late hour to which the discus sions on the previous motions bad been protracted. We regret this delay the more from the certainty, as there was so full an attendance of Members, that the motion would havo been carried ; but we feel confident, from the clear and de cided merits of the case, that if Hen. Members will en deavour to be present to-morrow, ample though tardy jus tice will be done to the claimants. Two letters, officially addressed by the Earl of Dun- HAM, our Ambassador at the Court of Russia, to Mr. GISBORNE, his Britannic Majesty's Consul at St. Petersburg, will be found in another part of The Sun, under the head of " Our Relations with Russia." We are happy to learn, on the authority of the Noble Earl, that the Emperor manifests no disposition to disturb the peace of Europe. But England must not suffer herself to be lulled into a false security, by diplomatic assurances of Russia's love of European tranquillity, and especial regard for the lasting friendship of this country. We know that while our affairs at St. Petersburgh arc managed by such a straightforward, honest, and clear-sighted statesman as Lord Dunt-tAm, we arc safe—not certainly because such is the will, but such the interest, of NICHOLAS. The inhabitants of the extensive counties of Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, &e., will be delighted to learn that the Eastern Counties' Railway Bill, was last night read a third time and passed by the House of Commons, after a long and diligent inquiry. In fact the immediate advantages of this line of Railway arc so evident, that our only wonder is the projectors did not apply to Parliament seine years ago. But better late than never. We presume it will pass through the House of Lords in about a fortnight or so. A report addressed by the Spanish Cabinet to the ,QUEEN REGENT, in which an attempt is made to explain the motives which induced them to advise the dissolution of the Cortes, has been forwarded to us from Madrid. It is a worthy counterpart of Her MAJESTY'S unintelligible address to the Spanish nation, of which a copy appeared in our paper of yesterday. I STU RIZ proposes that the Procuradores shall be elected according to the provisions of the new Electoral Law, which has not yet received the assent of the Procercs, or of her Majesty the QUEE N. This is certainly a bold step ; and one too which the Peers cannot acquiesce in without voting their Chamber a nuisance. The QUEEN also must be blind indeed, if she perceive not in the course recommended by the Government a precedent the most dangerous that could possibly be established. Ministers talk of the sacredness of laws, and in the same breath give orders for dispensing with the most sacred constitutional usages, to the manifest peril of the Crown and Peerage ! We cannot crowd our columns with such nonsensical trash. The following important telegraphic despatch was com municated to the French Goy ernment on Tuesday evening : " Official intelligence of the 25th from Vittoria, announces that on the 24th the Carlists hsd attacked Cordova in his posi tions of Arlaban with the greatest obstinacy till ten o'clock in the evening, but had been repulsed throughout the whole line. On the 25th the Christinos entirely destroyed the fortified works of the Carlists, as well as those of Villareal of Alava. The loss of the Carlists has been considerable ; that of the Christinos has been 250 men killed and wounded. On the 27th the Carlists' head-quarters were at Escoriaza. Those of Cordova were on the same day at Ulibarry de Gamboa. "On the 25th, Madrid was perfectly quiet. The news from the provinces was all very good. " General Bernelle has been named Commandant of the Corps of Operations of Nhvarre. This corps is composed of the Foreign Legion, and ten battalions, and four squadrons of Spaniards." Brussels and German papers, the former to the 31st, thelat ter to the 28th ult., have%been received. The Belgian Senate, by a majority of fifty-seven votes to eight, has adopted the pro ject of law for cashiering officers wantonly engaging in duels. The German journals state that the Commercial Tariff of 1825, agreed upon between Russia and Prussia, and now expired, has been reduced for four months. The following_ extract is important . :— BOTOSCHAN, MAY 14.—Since the beginning of this month a considerable corps of Russian troops, which is estimated by some persons at above 20,000 men, has entered our princi pality. In particular it is affirmed by eye-witnesses that on the Bth of May 10,000 men, under the command of General Murazieff, with a park of artillery (which perhaps, to avoid exciting a sensation, was conveyed by night) passed through Jassy. Both this, and another column of the same strength, which entered our territory by the bridge near Leowd, and which marches by another route, are said to be going to Silis tria. We cannot conceive the necessity of relieving a gar rison of 4,000 men by such a large body of troops, especially when the evacuation of that fortress has been officially an nounced as near at hand. The Paris Papers of Tuesday contain no intelligence of importance. The Moniteur publishes advices from Ma drid of the 24th ult. Up to that time the tranquillity which reigned in the capital had not been disturbed. The accounts received by the Government from the Provinces were also stated to be generally satisfactory. At Seville a person, named AVILENETE, who was reported to have been sent from Madrid to excite insurrection, was seized by General ESPINOSA. On searching him for concealed do cuments, a large sum of money was found upon his person. Such is the substance of the official intelligence contained in the Alioniteur. We need scarcely add that the parti culars of the tale of the seizure of the political incendiary, AVILENETE, is a piece of mere gossip, unworthy of the slightest consideration. We have no confirmation of the report of CORDOVA'S victory over the Carlists on the 23d. The rebels evacuated Passages without fighting. On the contrary, the Carlists lay claim to a victory over CORDOVA, in which they assert that they made 4,000 Christinos prisoners. The exaggera tion on both sides is so great as to deprive them equally of credit. PARIS, MAY 31.—Yesterday General Allard was sent for to the. Hotel of the Foreign Department, where news from Egypt had been received in the evening. It is affirmed that the conference was highly interesting with regard to our fu ture policy. It has been known for some time past that the Russian Ministers paid the greatest attention to General Al lard, and that memorials on the several provinces of Persia and India had been communicated to the representative of Lahore. It is now added that the Cabinet of London has taken umbrage at the connection which France seems inclined to form with. the Prince of Lahore, and that whether from commercial or political rivalship, explanations have been demanded by Lord Palmerston. Something incidentally dropped by Count Pozzo di Borgo at London, has alarmed England, on a pretended understanding between France and Russia to make use of General, Allard and the resources of the two Powers to raise up more obstacles against English policy in India. All these reports may not have the importance that is attributed to them. The propensity for action so torments the President of the Council, that it may be believed he plays politics as M. Jour dain talked prose—without knowing it. —Journal du Com merce. The Gazette de France was seized yesterday morning.- 21lessager, May 31. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, MAY 31. Five per Cents., 107 f. Src 55c. 90c. Four per Cents., 101 f. 25c. Three per Cent,. 81f. 65c. 75c. 70c. Bank Actions, 2,‘230f. 2.,275f. Rente de Naples, 10L:f. 50c. 45c. 50c. Roman Five per Cents., 10214%. Spanish'Actives, 40% 41% 3 ,04: Spanish Differes, 19. Spanish Passives, 12 117, 12 1 ,4%. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 102%. Haytian Loan, 370 f. 365 f. 362 f. 50c. EXCHANGE ON LONHON. One month, paper, —f. —c. ; money, 25t 37%c. Three niont lis, paper, —f. —c.; money, 25f. 25c. —fours Authentique. BOURSR, QUARTER TO FOUR.—This morning the Three per Cents. were done at 81f. 52-ic. ; but owing to its being to-day the answer of options, the bargains have raised the price to 81f. 70c. The continuation is at 25c. • Spanish Active Stock is better, owing to a report of Cor dova's having reached Mondragon. The price opened at 40i, and is now 41i buyers. LAST PRICES.—Five per Cents., 1071. 95c. ; Three per Cents., 81f. 70c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish,—; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, ; Gueb hards, —; Difleres, 14i ; New Loan, —; Actives, 41i ; Pas sives, 12,i; Ducats, 102 60 ; Romans, 1021 --; Pedros, —; Belgians, 102 i ; Dula, —c. ; Haytians, 3621. 50c. ; Miguels, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 191 ; Con tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 19; Five per Cent. Perpo tuelles, —; Royal Loan, —. New York Papers to the 4th of May inclusive have been received. They bring no intelligence of importance from Texas, and the Indian war in Florida is scarcely noticed in them. We are obliged to postpone the publication of ex tracts from them till to-morrow. THE FUNDS.-L(THIS DAY.) TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French aid Ostend mails, with ship-letters from Madeira, St Vincent's, and New York. A Leeward Island mail also arrived by the Lapwing, from St. Thomas ; sailed on the 18th of April. The Buenos Ayres British Packet of the 12th of March makes the following important addition to the Custom House Tariff : "Art. articles from foreign ports which may be transhipped or re-shipped within the Capes of this r:s2r, and imported into the province, shall pay one quarter more than the duties which correspond to them by the Custom-House Tariff. " Art. 2.—This arrangement shall not take effect until after the 30 days which the said law establishes." The above decree caused a great sensation in Monteviedo. The oriental Governor has addresses a strong remonstrance on the subject to the Governor of Buenos Ayres. By the Lafaljetle, which arrived last night, we have received a Charlestown paper of the 27th April ; but do not find in it any thing late from Texas. We learn from Montreal, of the 27th April, that in conse quence of the sudden movement of the ice of the St. Lawrence, . the masses became piled up at the Iceland Wharf, presenting an appearance of awful grandeur, totally destroying the large stone store of Mr, Tracy, and also the distillery. A Montreal Paper of the 27th April says that the Currency Bill had been rejected by the Legislative Council of Upper Canada. His Exevileney had further pros ogued the Pro vincial ParliamAt to the 30th May. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Montreal Constitutional Association, held on Friday, Bth April, a reso lution was passed--" That it is expedient, in concurrence with the Quebec Constitutional Association, to call a con vention. or general meeting of delegates of the petitioners from all parts of the province, with the least possible delay, for the purpose of expressing the sentiments of the loyal and well-disposed, and determining on the measures to be adopted in the present crisis; and that the election of delegates in and f r the districts of Montreal and Francis, shall be held simul taneously on Monday, the 30th day of May next." A New York Paper, of a recent date, just received, has the following :—" We understand that Santa Anna has effected a loan of six millions of dollars with some branch in New Orleans, to carry on the war against the Texeans. Distress in, news has reached us of the horrible massacre and butchery of the entire commend of Colonel Fannin, by the monster- Santa Anna and his forces. Colonel F. commended the Georgian battalion. CeTlF.ols opened this morning at the leaving-off prices of yesterday, 92A- for the Account ; 91i- for Money. The Ascot races has rather thinned the house, and consequently very little doing. Exchequer Bills, 12 14 ; India Bonds, par. 2 disc. ; Bank Sack, 210 - 2111; India, 256-1. In the Poreign Market the Spanish Active coming higher from Paris has had the effect to improve the Market. Spanish closed yesterday at 391 40 ; may be quoted at 40. -j} ; Pas sive, 111- 12; Deferred, 18f 191; Portuguese, 81,1 cx-dig. ; Colombian, 291 301; Mexican, 323- ; Dutch Tno-and a-Half per Cents., 561 57. HALF-PAST ONE. The follor..ing notice has just been posted up : " The Governor and Company of the Bank of England do hereby give notice, that on and after the 2d inst., they will be ready to receive applications for loans upon the deposit of Bills of Exchange, Exchequer Bills, East India Bonds, or other approved Securities ; such loans to be repaid on or before the liith July next, with interc3t. at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, and to be for sums of not less than 2,0001. each." We have a telegraphic despatch from Vittoria of fighting on the 24th and 25th inst., by which it appears that Cordova was attacked by the Carlists, whom he drove back from Ariaban' and destroyed their works. Upon the whole it ap pears that Cordova has made a retrogade movement ; instead of advancing on Mondragon he has retreated from Arlaban to Gramboa ; by this circumstance we suspect that Cordova must have been severely handled by the Carlists. Consols may be quoted at 921 for Account ; for Money, 91i. Exchequer Bills, 12 14 ; India Bonds, 1 discount, 1 premium ; Bank Stock, 210} 211 ; India Stock, 2581. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active Bonds, 40i 41A-; Passive, 11* 12 ; Deferred, 181 19 ; Portuguese, 814 82 ; Three per Cents., 531; Dutch, 561 57 ; Colombian, 301 ; Mexican, 333 . • THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 92i UE FUNDS.—CI BRITNH Bank Stack n1034 1 per Cent Red 91 3 per Cent Cons 9-3 ly 4 per Cent. Mi per Cent lied 9B s New 13% per Cent 100% per lent. Assented Disgenteil Long Annuities to expire . Jan 18n0 l5 11-16 Oct !KO l5 1 , -16 Jan. MO l5 15-16 FO ltEl ,USING PRICES. FUNDS. Omni,nn — pm India Stock 259 Dltto Pond, .....» 1 Ir. South Sea Stock . . Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annual: - 85 1 ,4 hx. Bills, 10.4)/.... Ditto 50! l4 pp, Ditto 50ft/ l4 ..ni. Bank Stock for Opg. 'Luba Stock for Act. Consols for Act. q' n ,4 FUNDS. nrtuguese Bonds, S per cent. Ditto, New Ditto B2 Prussian. 5 per cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per cent. Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent...... Ditto. Consolidates) 4 0 1,E French, 5 per cent ... ...... —f. —,. Exchange French, 3 per cent —l. —c. Dutch, 72, per cent. 57 Ditto. 5 per cent. ...... .....-- —10134 Austrian, b per cent — Belgian, 5 per cent — Brailian Bonds .. Unen , ts Ayres, 6 per cent. — Chilian, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent. — Ditto, Is3l Danish, 3 per cent 76% Greek Bands, 1625,5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent. — Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 Peruvian, 18.25, 6 per cent - SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway f3 i Calcutta and Saugur Railway Commercial Blackwall Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 5 Great North of England Railway lii{ Leeds and Manchester Railway London and Brighton Railway (Rennie's) London and Brighton R a il way ( C undy ' s) London and Dover Railway dLondon and Gravesend Railway Northern and Eastern Railway South Eastern Railway . Thames Haven Railw a y C ompany 2% No other variations in the Prices of Shares since our One o'clocl List. BRICKLAYERS' STRIKE. —Most of the building operations in this town have been at a stand during the week, in consequence of the builders refusing to accede to a demand for increase of wages. The demand notified by the men to their employers, on leaving work on Saturday, was four and sixpence a day, instead of four shillings, the previous price of labour. The hodmen, and other subalterns of the brick and lime fraternity, have joined the strike ,• these latter demanding threepence per diem additional to their previous wages.—Sheffield Mercury. A very melancholy accident occurred on Thursday last, on one of the Earl of Lonsdale's pits near Distington.' The pit had lately been sunk to coal, and the quantity of water produced being very great, all the operations had been sus spender' to allow the water to be drawn off by the pumps. No fire or other noxious damp had ever been observed, a strong current of air being always found at the foot of the shelt when the men were employed there. On Thursday the engine had been stopped to allow some necessary repairs, and a man called Leeson was suspended for several hours in the pit, about 20 feet from the surface, repairing the tackle-folds of the pumps, when about four o'clock he was heard to moan, and a man named John Stainton, looking hastily down, observing that Leeson had fainted, immediately slid down the rope to assist him. George Patterson, the engineer, who had charge of the repairs, happening to reach the place at the same time, instantly followed him, but bad not descended so far as Lee son, when both he and Stainton lost hold of the rope and were precipitated down the shaft. Leeson was then drawn up by the rope (being so tied in the loop, that although insensible, he could not fall), it being evident that the shaft had suddenly become charged with choke damp (carbonic acid gas). It required several hours to displace the choke damp sufficiently to allow persons to descend, and the last body was not reco vered until four o'clock the sgxt morning. Inquests were held during tla day, and verds of " Accidental Death" re tuna-.Carlisle Journal.' THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1536. FINE ARTS. We have just received an engraving, published by Hodg son and Graves, of Leslie's fine painting—" May-Day, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth." The graver is Watt, and we have rarely seen a production which displays more ela borate finish, and which is so every way creditable to the artist. As for the design, the merit of which belongs, of course, to the painter, it is full of the most airy and graceful fancy. There is no need to tell us the sub ject is May-day sports, for we see it in the gro tesque groupings, in the merry rustic morrice-dan cers, in the flickering sunshine, and the light, fleecy clouds which hang like silver veils between earth and Heaven. The perspective is exquisitely well defined, being made up of rich, sylvan meadows, watered by glitter ing streams that wind away in a thousand truant mazes ; and an old family house, whose thatched roof just peeps through a thick umbrageous grove, while close beside it, the village-church uplifts its modest spire to heaven. In the fore-ground stand the merry-makers ; some dancing round the flowery may-pole ; others making love in sly nooks and corners ; and others, consisting of a group of the neighbouring gentry, looking on with manifest delight at the sight of so many happy faces. Alas, for merry England ! Mammon has made it grave, and Sir Andrew Agnew is doing his best to make it hypocritical. By the bye, with the excep tion of the flowers with which it is enwreathed, Leslie's May-pole looks uncommonly like Sir Andrew. No com pliment this to the pole, but Heaven forbid we should sacri fice truth to politeness ! The figure and face of the Young May-Queen are in the artist's most graceful and witching manner. An atmosphere of purity is shed around her. She looks all peace and beauty, like a rainbow. Altoge ther, we have never seen a story better told, or more pro fusely studded with appropriate characters, than Leslie's May-day. It sports upon the surface of rustic English life, with the ease and airiness of a swallow across the bosom of a sunny lake. THE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD. We are. so much pressed for room that we must make short work with the Magazines. Blackwood sends forth a good Number, though somewhat deficient in light articles. Jerrold concludes his " Job Pippins" with a spirit worthy of its commencement. The love-letters between the buxom widow and honest " Job" arc full of character, though bor dering a little on the extravagant. We subjoin an extract from this sprightly, off-hand tale, wherein the author ironically apologizes for not pourtraying humanity in the Album, or honey-suckle style of maudlin sentiment : " We like not to linger—though, in truth, we have been accused of the low disposition—but we protest, we like not to dwell upon the darker colourings of our nature ; no, had we our own task to choose, we would distil the essence of our brains into mottoes for thread papers;—we would prick sweet natal verses with baby-pins in satin cushions;—we would in dite the philosophy of a quadrille ;—ancl pen the biography of Lady Mary's bullfinch. And oh, ye twelfth cake images 1 how truly—how beautifully would we paint this much mistaken world I How would we prove the very flag-stones to be best white lozenges ;—December mud, real black-currant jam ; all Acts of Parliament sweet apple-fritters ;—Newgate itself, a mass of barley-sugar ;—and bedlam hospital, a piece of mere blancmange. The pillory should be a tasteful sweet- meat; — and the very gallows built of candy ! A professed beggar of twenty years' duplicity should be a worthy object of the pic turesque ;—and a man who lives by cutting throats, a person with an eccentric turn of intellect ;—infanticide should be a provident care of little children ;_and bigamy, in man or wo man, an ennobling spirit of universality. The world we in hnbit is really a paradise,—and yet—yet they issue four-penny pieces !" " Reminiscences of Stothard"are interesting and anecdotical, and contain a capital ghost story. " What is our External Policy and Condition," croaks in such a dull, lugubrious man ner, that it must have been written by a bull-frog. The " Metaphysician," and the Review of Mayne's "Sree Gun" are both admirable articles in their way. MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The politics of this Periodical are far different to what they used to be a few years since. Then it was high Ton• —now it is liberal Whig. The change is greatly for the better, and shows a becoming respect for public opinion. The Monthly has long been vainly endeavouring to make bead apinst the stream ; but now that it is going wiilz it, we have no doubt that it will make more rapid progress. The Number before us is an entertaining one, but. not re markable for any particular excellence. The great merit of the articles is, first, that they arc short ; secondly, that they are numerous and varied in character. We have the grave and the gay—the diffuse and the sententious—the fanciful and the matter-of-fact—prose—verse—criticism—and poli tics—all respectable, but none first-rate. The " Misad ventures of a Lover"—a terribly trite topic, by the bye— bids fair to turn out well ; but to speak decisively from one brief, solitary chapter, would be about as preposterous as to decide upon a building by looking at one of its bricks. NEW MONTH!. Y. Campbell's " Letters from the South" are full of incident this month. One trait of French national character he describes well worth mention. A regiment of infantry, under the command of Gen. Trezel, were marching across a desert near Oran, when suddenly they saw a majestic eagle wheeling above their heads. The spirits of the whole troops underwent a sudden change at the sight ; from hav ing been gay. and chatty, they became reserved and gloomy, impressed, no doubt, with deep melancholy for the fate of him under whose banner of the eagle they had so often marched to victory. In the neighbourhood of Oran, Mr. Campbell had the good fortune to hear the roar of the " Lybian" lion—at a safe distance, however, notwithstand ing his classical predilections for the noble animal. W e have read his Letters with great interest, particularly that part where he tells us that " he can get five bottles of red Wine for ten pence." Who would not live at Algiers ! " Elements of Conversation" is a pleasant, gossiping paper, and we may extend the same praise to the " Portraits of Notorious Characters," Which is, ‘ve believe, from the lively pen of Mr. Leigh Hunt. " Records of a Stage Veteran," though readable enough, contains too many inveterate Joe Millers. UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. Good wine needs no bush, nor can we add any thing to the marked merit by which the June Number of this jobrnal is eminently distinguished. " Major Mitchell's Letter to Britannicus on Military Subordination and Promotion by Purchase," will, from the interesting questions discussed in it, engage many readers. The subject has lately been much before the public, and no later than last night a moiion was agreed to in the House of Commons, which bears upon a question not remotely connected with a branch of the Major's communication. A paper " On the breed of Horses from which our Cavalry is Mounted," is evidently written by a person well acquainted with the subject. That our cavalry horses are far from maintaining the superiority England has acquired in the production of horses, is a fact few will dispute, and we fully concur with the writer in attributing the deterioration in the breed of our cavalry horses to the present rage for fleetness in hunters, as well as race-horses. The good stout thorough-bred old English hunter is now as rarely seen as angels' visits, and hence the choice for cavalry horses is now necessarily between the big-bodied punchy pads and the loose leggy animals, which are all equally un fit for service. The " Arctic Enterprise" is full of inte resting details. The journey, as is observed by the writer, of Captain Back in quest of Ross, and the voyage of Cap tain James Ross to search for the missing whalers, have added another deeply interesting page to the annals of arctic enterprise. We have not room to enumerate the other papers, and must content ourselves with observing that they merit that attentive perusal, with which we are confident they will meet in the public mind. FRASER'S MAGAZINE. Sir Robert Peel is no longer the idol of the Tories. His moderation is culpable indifference in the eyes of his late worshippers, who openly kick him from the pedestal, to which they so recently raised him, to make room for Lord Lyndhurst. In an article in the June Number of Fraser on the present position of the self-styled " Conservatives," we are told that the Right Hon. Baronet is now considered by the Tory faction " merely in the light of an excellent advocate, who may be of some use to them, if he can be in duced take a brief, and make a speech or two, but who is not to be expected to act as if he were in earnest in the matter—as if he were disposed to run some risk in defence of his principles !" And this then is Tory gratitude! This the reward of services which, during the Peel Administra tion were extolled, by the same Tory organ, as entitling the Right Hon. Member for Tamworth to be ranked among the most distinguished of British statesmen. The Radicals never said anything of Sir Robert Peel worse than what is here put forth by the Tory scribe in Fraser. And do the Conservatives indeed regard the late Premier as a mere " advocate "—a pleader for pelf, who supports the church with as much earnestness as Mr. Phillips defends a culprit at the Central Criminal Court? Will he, indeed, in their belief, risk nothing for his principles ? What does the affirmation amount to but that the Tories regard Sir Robert as a man destitute of principles? And in this they are perfectly right. The Right Hon. Baronet has no fixed political princi ples—he never had any. His sympathies are Tory, because he is rich. Were he poor and untitled, he would be found in the foremost rank of the Reformers. But sympathies are a poor substitute for principles, and, in the case of Peel, will always be counteracted by his natural shrewdness, which will not allow him to connect himself by_ ariy strong ties with a sinking cause. However, the Tories have found a. leader after their own heart in Lord Lyndhurst. The course adopted by the House of Lords with respect to the Irish Municipal Bill is gloried in, because likely to provoke a collision with the Commons 1 The fact is thus avowed in the article to which we referred above :—" In thus op posing themselves directly in front of the onset of the De structives, the Peers have acted with a courage which is natural to them. We do not mean that they have there by incurred any very imminent danger, but a certain un known degree of risk is clearly connected with so straight forward a line of conduct. In openly declaring war with the Radical faction, they naturally precipitate a similar de claration of war against themselves. That party, never friendly to the Upper House, is now naturally incited to declare open and unappeasable hostility. If Radicalism is candidly warned, on the one hand, that her designs are un derstood, and shall be constantly frustrated, the Peers are told with equal distinctness, that if it is in the power of the Destructives to exterminate their very name, that extermi nation shall soon take place. The two parties are thus fairly committed, and our most fervent hope is, that the breach may daily become wider, and the animosity still more deep rooted !" None but a Tory, steeped to the very lips in ignorance of the events passing around him, could sit down and de liberately commit to paper such evidences of a crazed ima gination. The passage is self-contradictory throughout, for in the first sentence the Peers are the assailed ; in the fourth and fifth they are represented as the assailants ; and with such injustice on their side as naturally to provoke the vengeance of the Radicals. But what is here extolled as the natural courag e of the Peers is sheer fool-hardiness. As well might a peasant seek to keep out the tide with a pitchfork, as the House of Lords attempt to oppose the will of the British people. The collision so fervently prayed for will come ; but its consequences will be de struction of all the hereditary privileges now enjoyed by the Peerage branch of the legislature. The " Gallery of Literary Portraits for June " is graced by a likeness of Mrs. S. C. Hall, the well known authoress. The lady, though resting one fair hand on a piano -forte, is evidently thinking of something graver than " Jenny, put the kettle on." Prefixed is a notice of the authoress, in which justice is done to her literary abilities, and, what is of still more consequence to society, the goodness of her heart, and the excellence of her moral character. The most laughable article in the June Number of Fraser —and he is no trifling benefactor of the world who makes it laugh—is the " Art of Plucking." It is worthy of Dr. Maginn, and we can think of no person else who could write it. " Bachanalia Memorabilia" is full of thought, and that of a high order. We tried to read the paper "On Lord Brougham's Theology," but we could not manage to get further than the bottom of the first page. There are seve ral other articles of considerable merit in their way, though, on the whole the Number is heavy—much too heavy for the season. TAIT'S MAGAZINE. Simphin and Marshall. Tait opens this month with a right stirring, well-timed article on the mischievous pranks in which the Lords are now indulging with respect to Ireland. " Already," says this writer, " is the cry of Repeal! resounding throughout Ireland ; and for the first time it is echoed back from Great Britain. If the British Government, supported by the people and the House of Commons, are powerless to deal justice to Ireland, from the determined hostility of a handful of privileged imbeciles, in Heaven's name, let the Irish people Repeal the Union and right themselves. If it shall ever come to this, we are bound, in honesty and man liness, to speed them in the attempt. But is the Govern ment in so helpless a condition ? The Whig Ministry is no longer spell-bound by those blustering and domineering Lords. They have roused themselves at last, and taken strong defensive ground. The House of Commons and the three kingdoms arc again at their back. The Peers must feel alarmed. Many of them must deprecate the rash policy which has urged their really defenceless body to try conclusions against such tremendous odds. They seem sur prised and enraged to meet resistance where they too long found suppleness, yielding, and vacillation—and delicate and reverential consideration for all that affected their privileges, interests, and humours. But a stand has been made at last— a good position is taken. 'Tis naturally strong—it must be further fortified; for the battle is only beginning, and it is not enough to carry a single post. The power of the enemy to work mischief must be crushed at once, if we would not see the contest renewed and protracted without end. The ()fly way in which Sinbad could get rid of the old Monster who fastened himself upon his shoulders, was by watchfulness, and exposing himself to some peril. We must get rid of the burden of our old gentleman peace fully, if he will consent to dismount ; but at all events we must get rid of him." Let the Peers and their supporters in wrong-doing ponder upon this declaration, which embo dies the opinions of nine-tenths of the people of England, Ireland, and Scotland. The " Autobiography of an English Opium-eater," for this month, contains an admirable exposition of the Kan tian system of philosophy. The subject mould not have fallen into abler or more appropriate hands, and the result is an essay fraught with intelligence. The " Autobiography of Archibald Plack, Esq., late Lord Mayor of London," is in mite a different style ; fall of quiet humour, which will be all but lost to those who do not understand the Scotch dialect. It is from the pen of Galt, and displays all the power and keenness of observation which characterizes his best novels. There are dome good stanzas in this Number, and some very fair reviews of' popular works. Altogether we have seen few numbers of ,Tait with which we arc better pleased. The articles are all readable, and most of them are of a stamp superior to the run of Magazine literature. SPORTING MAGAZINE. We do cot wonder at the farour with which this pe riodical is received by the patrons of the turf, for itp en gravings illustrative of sporting matters arc invariably exc• cuted in the first style of art. Apparently neither labour nor expense are spared upon them—certainly not in the instance of the Number before us, which contains two embellishments, one the portrait of the celebrated horse, " Dover," and the other, a sketch of a setter and pointer in the field, both of which are worth the half-crown paid for the whole Number. The sporting register of the month's proceedings will amuse those who take an interest in such matters. NEW MONTHLY BELLE ASSEMBLER A periodical, something- after the fashion of the " Court Magazine," but of course not equal in merit of any sort to its prototype. It is but fair, however, to state that it is priced at only a shilling, and considering its cheapness, is by no means amiss. It contains two or three fashionable wood-cuts, and some passable poetry. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. • The high character which this periodical has so justly earned is fully sustained by the present Number. With its political tendencies we have no sympathy ; the article therefore on the " Dissolution of Orange Lodges," although written with considerable ability, can expect no praise from our pen. We greatly prefer the " Review of the Life of Sir Humphrey Davy, Bart.," in which we discern a learned spirit, that cannot fail to instruct and please every lover of science. " The Post-mortem Recollections of a Medical Lecturer," is full of deep and grave interest. Our sympa thies were powerfully bound to the " Recollections" during the perusal of them. Among the gayer flowers with which our sister periodical has come to us this month, we may mention some exquisitely touching sonnets translated from the Italian of Francesco de Lemcne. The present Number is rich in poesy, and no less strong and vigorous in the numerous other articles of varied interest which it has furnished. COURT MAGAZINE. The embellishments of this Number are, as usual, of a superior character—one of them, especially, we mean the portrait of Lady Stanley and her infant child, which has been engraved by Cochrane, from a painting by Hurle stone, with infinite skill and delicacy of touch. The sunny countenance of the young boy is most elaborately finished, yet the display of painstaking in this little gem is not unduly paraded before us. The literary contents are well-digested, and by no means wanting in the requisite periodical variety. The cleverest and most effective ar ticle is a serious tale by the author of the " Invisible Gen tleman," entitled the " Once Happy Family." THE PICKWICK CLUB. THE LIBRARY OF FICTION. We notice these two periodicals together, because, though differing a little in details, they bear the same general re semblance to each other that Bromic) of Ephesus bore to Dromio of Syracuse. Both are lively, smart, and versatile in manner, and our friend " Boz " is leading contributor to both. Moreover, both are the property—and a rising one we hear it is—of the same enterprising publishers. THE ASIATIC JOURNAL. Allen and Co. This is a very indifferent number of a Magazine gene rally well conducted. The cause of the falling off in the style of several of the articles, is quite a mystery to us. The best papers are the " Juwaub Club," and the " Expe dition to the Tea District of Fuh-Keen." The verses en titled " The Eastern Beauty Bathing," and the " Shooting Stars," contain several beautiful lines. The " Asiatic In telligence," and other notes for the month, are, as usual, very carefully and tastefully arranged. MAGAZINE OF HEALTH. A taking title in a country, the majority of whose inha bitants, from November to April, are either dyspeptic or hypochondriacal. The Editor tells us little on the subject of fresh air and diet that we did not know before ; but as ho puts forth his common-places in a kindly, unassuming- man ner, sedulously eschewing all dogmatism ; it is impossible to speak cynically of him. One word, however, we may whisper in his ear. He tells us to regulate our clothing by ----- - the changes of the season. Now, however desirable ty s may be, he should have borne in mind that it is totally im practicable. To dress according to the weathers, t o dress nearly half - a-dozen ti mes a day ; for the cutting East-18.1nd that pierces you through and through and shaves you as clean as a razor thi s h our , may be followed, in th e next, by a warm, sunny zephyr, when even a coat is an incurnbrance, and a neckcloth a decided bore. THE PARTERRE. A cheap, well-print e d Mi sce llany, half origiaal, half s - lected. With no disposition to speak unfavourably of I! , we must say that . we like the selected, better than the ori ginal matter, with the exception, perhaps, of the Napoleon anecdotes, scarce one of which but has gone the round of the papers months since. The wood-cuts, in which the Number abound, are by no means among its slightest re commendations. NUMISMATIC JOURNAL. This is the first number of a journal devoted to notices of old coins and medals. The idea is an excellent one, and, if followed up 'with spirit, may be the means of fur nishing us with a valuable mass of curious political informa tion. Many a doubtful point in the records of the olden time has been cleared up ere now by the chance discovery of a coin or medal. Addison made no trivial addition to our historical stores by these means. The editor of the present work is a gentleman named Akerman, who has shown much, pains-taking in the present specimen. THE EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE. W. G. Painter. We shall offer no opinion 'on the contents of this Magi. zine, whose ostensible object is to promote the " spread of the gospel"—an object to which we are as well disposedai its conductors, for it is principally filled with reports of Eva.. gelical Meetings, and the reviews of works published► Missionaries, and other members of the Evangelical Com munion. THE ARBORETUIII BRITA.NNIC7I3I. Ridgway. The publishers of this excellent work spare no pains nor expense likely to render it as perfect as possible. Ihe coloured plates are exceedingly beautiful and very nutty e" rous ; and the letter-press is worthy of its distinguishe d author, Mr. J. C. Loudon, of whose fame as an architect, a naturalist, a horticulturist, an arborist, and a florist, no one at all acquainted with scientific gardening can be igno rant. The Work has now reached No. XXI, and tte' cording to the origikal prospectus, three additional Num" hers will complete it. Arrangements have been made for translating it into French, German, and Italian. TEE ARCHITECTURAL MAGAZINE. Longman and Co. The most interesting article in this Number is on the subject of the designs for the New Houses of Parliament . There is also an article on the construction of skew arches with designs, which we recommend to the notice of pile' tical architects. The Architectural Magazine is conducted by Mr. J. C. Louden. NAUTICAL MAGAZINE. We have here the 52d Number, edited by a naval officer• The first thing that arrests the attention on opening this store of naval reminiscences, naval descriptions, and naval knowledge of all sorts, is a prize in the shape of a beauti ful engraving of a Chronometer Table fir Ships. All who plough the ocean—those free, frank, warm-hearted tars, at whose bare names a Briton's heart beats with exultation —all our brave defenders of this sea-girt isle, will find prizes rich and good, as they sail gaily through the columns of the Nautical Magazine. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, JUNE 1. —Wind N. E.—Arrived from the river and remain, the Ludlow, Frith, for Bordeaux ; Fanny, --, for the Westward ; Bartley, Webber, for Montreal ; Queen of the Isles, Lewis, for Bilboa ; Barclay, —, for Quebec; and Duke of Lancaster, Hargraves, for Mauritius. Arrived and remain in the Downs the Manchester, Hawkes, from Mau ritius ; and proceeded the Arbutus, Pounds, for Limerick; and 'F. S. Reeves, Bailey, for Cork. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE I.—Wind N. E. to S. E.—Sailed the Toronto, Greswald, for New York. PLYMOUTH, MAY 31.—Wind E.—Arrived off port the Me tamora, Fletcher, from Alexandria. Sailed the Royal Ade laide, Harrison, for London. FALMOUTH, MAY 31.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Lap wing Packet, from the Leeward Islands—sailed from St. Thomas's the 18th April ; Westminster, Moore, from New York ; and Hebe, Seager, from Licata. Off port the Ja maica, Thompson, from Antigua; Ellen, Goodwin, from Sicily ; Driver, Minter, and Shepherdess, Turner, from Mar sala ; and Dolphin, Sprill, from Genoa. LIVERPOOL, MAY 31.—Arrived the Minx, Marson, from Barbadoes. The wreck of a Belgian barque, supposed to be the Dorothea, from the Mediterranean, was fallen in with the 16th December, in lat. 48. long. 12., by the Commodore, ar rived at the Cape. CLYDE, MAI 31.—Arrivcd the Pacific, IVPlCellar, from Bar badocs ; and Essequibo, Taylor, from Trinidad. GALWAY, MAY 30.—Arrived the Margaret, Vincent, and Mary Ann, Fotheringham, from London. CORE, MAY 30.—Arrived the Williams, Williams, London. LIMERICK, MAY 30.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Dyer, and Sarah, Lear, from London. ST. Tnomns's, APRIL 18.—The Edward, from Liverpool+ on her passage from Jamaica to this port, touched on the Sil ver Keys, and knocked off her false keel. The Cordelia, INl‘Lean, from Laguayra, is supposed to hav° arrived off Cape Clear. Admiralty, June 2d, 1836. Ste-I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to send you herewith, for the information of the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyds', a copy of a letter from Captain Clavell, of His Majesty's Ship Astro , at Falmouth, dated 31st ult., reporting the return of the Star , which vessel had been dispatched for the relief of the home ward bound trade—l am, &c., (Signed) C. W•OD• Wm. Dobson, Esq., Lloyds. H. M. S. Astrea, Falmouth, May 31, 1836. Sir,—With reference to my letter of the 28th instant , I beg you will state to my Lords' Commissioners of the Ad miralty that his Majesty's packet Star has returned, afterf having spoken from 70 to 100 sail of shipping, only one °. which required a supply, mid that vessel only a bag of brca and a cask of water.—.l am, &c., (Signed) JOHN CLAVELL, Captain. Charles Wood, Esq., &c. &c., Admiralty. An experiment in steam navigation on a grand scal e is about to be made under the direction and at the sole expens e of the East India Company. Two vessels of the largest class have been for some time preparing, and are now nearly com pleted, with which it is intended, at intervals of about a month each, that the voyage to Bengal shall be made by the Cape of Good Hope. The steam engines of each v essel will be of two hundred horse power. Arrangements have been made for providing a supply of coals at stated plac es : for which 3,000 tons have been ordered, and they a re said to be so well chosen as to allow the power of steam to be kept up with very little intermission during the whole distance._ To what use these vessels are to be put at the termination of the voyage does not appear to be yet fully settled, but th! great feature of this grand experiment is the lead taken in by the East India Company, who have shown all along a° unaccountable reluctance in giving any assistance to th e ins ' provement of the communications with India. The co ntrary s t pirit now manifested must lead ultimately to very imp ortant results. HORIZONTAL FLAT WATCHES, gemi— with accurately finished jewelled movements, warranted , are 0— in Silver cases, price Five Guineas each ; or in Gold cases, 'orl: Nine Guineas:each, at 'l'. COX SAVORY'S, Watchmake r, ' le° ler, and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, London. BIRTHS. f C. On the 28th ult., at St. Michael's near Torquay, the lad y R. Dashwood, Esq., of a daughter. On the 29th ult., at Home-hill, Mrs. Bicknell, of a son. On the 20th ult., at the Vicarage, Shapivick, Dorsetshi the re , lady of the Rev. W. Scott, of a son. On the 26th ult., at Lee, Mrs. Bruce, of a daughter. Bengal 1 Ns' On the 28th ult., the lady of Lieut. J. Remington , Live ii Infantry, of a son. .amen On the 27th ult., in Edinburgh, the lady of J. Co nnin '' Esq., of Hensol, of a son. MARRIED. On the 31st ult., at Kensington, the Rev. George Wm. Muhl: ray, M.A. of Merton College, Oxford, to Mary Ann, second daug ter of the fate Major-General Sir Wm. Douglas, K.an. , of Tim pendean, Roxburghshire. R R• On the 19th ult., at St. Mary's Church, Woolwich, 51r. Hards, of Dartford, to Miss M. Cook, fourth daug hter of the late J. Cook, Esq., of Rush rove, Woolwich. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. Generals—Duke of Gordon, G.C.8., Sco. Fus . late of Sco. Fus. Gds. 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